Shoulder strap



Oct. 8, 1940. l.. LANCE-:s 2,217,517

SHOULDER STRAP Filed Aug. 9, 1939 1N VENTOR: Eo l A NCES,

i s ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 8,- 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE 1 Claim.

'I'his invention relates to shoulder straps for garments, and has for its main object to provide a shoulder strap of a' novel construction particularly adapted for brassires and the like, which will have important improvements over those now in use for such purpose, the main of said novel objects being to provide a shoulder strap of the type described, which will not stretch and will not shrink, will not get twisted, and will not l0 cut the skin of the wearer.

Another object of my invention is to provide a shoulder strap as characterized hereinbefore, the exposed surface ofwhich will have 'a novel ornamental eiect, while the rear surface thereof, ad-

jacent to the skin of the wearer will be entirely smooth.

Still a lfurther object of this invention is to provide a device of this type which may be easily, quickly, and cheaply manufactured, and which still will be durable.

Other objects of this invention will be apparent as the specification of the same proceeds.

In the drawing forming a part of this specication and accompanying the same: Fig. 1 is a view showing a woman wearing a brassire with my novel shoulder straps;

Fig. 2 is a plan View indicating the construction and forming of my shoulder straps;

Fig. 3 is a rear View of the shoulder straps indicated in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of my novel shoulder straps on an enlarged scale, the section being taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawing more in detail by characters of reference, the numeral I0 indicates a brassire to which are secured at appropriate places my two novel shoulder straps II, as it is well known in this art, and through any appropriate means, like sewing the ends thereof to the appropriate places of the brassire.

In Figure 2, I indicate the forming of my novel shoulder strap which is as follows: an appropriate ribbon I2 is taken and passed through an appropriate device in such a manner, that the two.

longitudinal marginal portions I3 and I4 thereof will be folded over the center portion I5 of the same as on the lines I6 and I'I, respectively, after which a small marginal strip indicated by the numeral I3a will be overlapped by a similar small,

narrow, marginal strip I 4b, whereupon a single seam I8 will be sewn along the center line of the ribbon, said seam going through all the three layers of material I3a and Ida, and the center portion I5 of the ribbon I2.

'Ihe ribbon I2 will be made in such a manner that the edge I4b thereof, terminating the portion Illa will be finished in any manner well known in this art, and in this way, it will be prevented from fraying. Said finish will also give anesthetic effect to the front or exposed surface 5 I9 of my shoulder strap, and finally, said nished edge I4b may be enlarged, or may be made projecting, so that a reinforced stiffening and artistic rib will be formed thereby in the center line of the exposed surface of myshoulder strap; 10

The rear surface 20 of my novel shoulder strap,

v on the other hand, will remain entirely smooth.

It will be seen that my invention provides a shoulder strap which will have all the advantages recited hereinbefore. l5

The folded edges 2| and 22 of the shoulder strap will be smooth, comparatively heavy, and rounded, so that they will not cut into the skin of the wearer even during a sudden and violent move; the doubled folded construction with the 20 overlapping center part, and the same therealong, will make a reliable, not easily changed arrangement and construction which will prevent a twisting of the shoulder strap, while the rear surface thereof, will be pleasant to wear and 25 smooth. The front surface will show an artistic appearance with the finished edge I4b which also may be formed into a projecting rib adding to the esthetic appeal of the device and at the same time, aiding in-stability in wear. f 30 My shoulder strap is particularly designed and adapted for -brassires, since not only do the present shoulder straps used for brassires get loose, slip off the shoulder, get twisted, cut into the skin, etc., but mainly through their stretching 35 or vice versa, sometimes through their shrinking, they do not give the right support and uplift to the breasts of the wearer.

In some cases, the designed effect of the brassire 'is counter-balanced or even nullied 40 through the looseness of the shoulder strap, while in other cases, the shoulder strap will give too much up-lift and make `the wearing of the brassire painful and unpleasant. 1

Shoulder straps made according to this inven- 45 tion not only will remain in place and remain straight, smooth, and pleasant, but they will notr shrink and they will not stretch onv account of their construction and material. l

What I claim as new is: 50

In a shoulder strap for brassires and the like of the typeA described, being formed of ya substantially non-elastic ribbon, the two longitudinal marginal portions of which are folded over the center portion thereof on the front of 55 tion of the ribbon, and a longitudinal rib on the free edge of the outer overlapping portion on the front of the shoulder strap, for stifening and ornamenting the same, the rear surface of the shoulder strap being entirely smooth.

LEO LANCES.

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